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<i>The Weekly with Wendy Mesley</i>

The Weekly with Wendy Mesley

Canadian television news series

The Weekly with Wendy Mesley is a former Canadian television news series which aired on CBC Television and CBC News Network from 2018 to 2020. Hosted by Wendy Mesley, the series followed a Sunday morning talk show format to cover stories on politics as well as media and technology.[1]

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The show was announced in July 2017, and premiered on January 14, 2018.

In June 2020, Wendy Mesley was suspended from The Weekly for using an undisclosed word that "should never be used" while hosting an editorial meeting about race issues.[2] The June 7, 2020 episode was aired without Mesley and CBC announced the suspension of the remaining two episodes planned for the season on June 12.[3]

CBC announced the series' cancellation in September 2020.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Wendy Mesley to host live CBC talk show on Sunday mornings". Toronto Star, July 27, 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Wendy Mesley suspended from hosting after using 'careless' language in discussing racial issue". CBC News. June 9, 2020. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  3. [3]
    "CBC suspends remaining episodes of The Weekly after 'incident' with host Wendy Mesley". CBC News. June 12, 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  4. [4]
    Arnold, Chris (Sep 22, 2020). "Wendy Mesley a host without a show after CBC's The Weekly taken off air". National Post. Retrieved 26 October 2020.


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